Yevgeniy Arzhanov

Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Arzhanov ( _ru. Евгений Александрович Аржанов) (born February 9 1948 in Kalush, Ukrainian SSRcite book|title=Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year|year=1973|pages=p. 109|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=Russian] ) is a former middle distance runner who won a silver medal over 800m at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Arzhanov trained at VSS Avanhard and later at Dynamo in Kiev. cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 386|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian]

Arzhanov was a member of the USSR National Team since 1968. He represented the USSR at the Munich Olympics and finished in the same time (1:45.9) as gold medallist Dave Wottle, but was narrowly beaten by the American. In 800m event he also won a gold medal at the 1970 European Indoor Championships with the result 1:51.0, at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, his result being 1:48.7, and at the 1971 European Championships, where his result was 1:45.6. He also won a 800m gold medal at the 1973 Summer Universiade with the result 1:46.9. [cite book|title=Panorama of the 1973 Sports Year|year=1974|pages=p. 112|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=Russian]

In 1972 Arzhanov was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.

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